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With the options you can turn off all questions and dialogs. And there’s even one thing that can be done more convenient if you like. The start.

If you want to start the sync manually, you can create a shortcut to the task on your desktop. Just right-click the task in the main dialog to create such a shortcut. Double-clicking the shortcut will run the sync and synchronize your files.

Of course you can move the link to a different folder if you prefer, like the Windows start menu to run your sync task from there.

yes, a new version of the popular file sync tool is out.

It’s hard to make great things better, so we’re working on the details by now:

• A completely automatic sync on system shutdown
• An automatic backup of the configuration
• An exit button in the tray menu
• …

You can get the latest version here.

Rotating directories are used when you use one of the following placeholders in a path (preferably the target directory for the Copy / Overwrite operations):

• %HOUR%, %HOUR2%: Current hour, normal (0-23) / with leading 0 (00-23)
• %DAY%, %DAY2%: Current hour, normal (1-31) / with leading 0 (01-31)
• %WDAY_GER%, %WDAY_ENG%: Current weekday, German / English, complete word
• %WDAY_GER2%, %WDAY_ENG2%: Current weekday, German / English, 2 letters
• %MONTH%, %MONTH2%: Current month, normal (1-12) / with leading 0 (01-12)
• %MONTH_GER%, %MONTH_ENG%: Current month, German / English, complete word
• %MONTH_GER3%, %MONTH_ENG3%: Current month, German / English, 3 letters

Furthermore you can use a placeholder for time-independent rotation by using 2 characters, separated by a dash and enclosed by percent signs. Examples:
%1-3%
%A-F%
For each synchronization Easy2Sync “jumps” to the next value.

A so-called “rotating backup” creates copies in changing target directories. This way you always have several versions and thus more security.

You can use Easy2Sync to create rotating backups. But you should note a few things.

• All base directories that are used by the rotation must already exist. Easy2Sync will not create them. (Easy2Sync will of course create subdirectories as usual, but not the base directories.)
• Only the task types “Copy” and “Overwrite” are supported, but not the task type “Synchonize”.

Please note:
The warning level may change. For example, a normal file deletion can result in a warning for an asynchronous file delete. Since these warnings were designed for the task type “Synchronizing”, it is not really a problem and the correct actions will be performed anyway.

The reason for this behavior is the way that rotating backups were implemented. Easy2Sync stores the last known state for the every file, but does not keep an extra version for each rotating directory. If a file was deleted (in both directories) and then the rotation kicks in, it looks (from Easy2Sync’s perspective) as if the file suddenly reappeared. As stated above: This changes the warning level, but the correct action will be taken anyway.

Try it and download Easy2Sync for Files now.

There are characters in other languages (like greek, east europe or asia) that I can’t even type here. Really strange looking things. But even when I’m totally lost with these strange things, Easy2Sync for Files isn’t.

Simply open the options, go to the”Other” tab and activate Unicode support. That’s all, Easy2Sync will now be able to handle even the strangest characters.

It’s important to have a backup of you current data. And it’s important that it’s easy to create, otherwise you won’t do it regularly. That’s why Easy2Sync for Files is a great tool for this (yes, I use it personally for this task).

The software allows you to automate the backup process 100%, without asking any questions. You can collect data from many folders. Ignore folders or file types that you don’t need for your backup. And you can even create rotating backups (for every day of the week, of the month or simply the last 3 versions).

To use Easy2Sync for making a backup of your data, please choose the task type “Copy” or “Overwrite”. You can change the task type in the first page of the task properties.